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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hannah learn about Queen Mary during her stay with Elizabeth in 1555?

2. Where does Hannah accompany Elizabeth in spring, 1554?

3. How does Elizabeth react to the executions of heretics in 1555?

4. What could associating with Lord Dudley do to Hannah's family in 1553?

5. Who does Mary send Hannah to visit in winter, 1554?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mary unable to raise an army to defend herself in Winter 1554?

2. What news trickles in to Woodstock while Hannah is staying the winter there with Elizabeth?

3. What happens politically after the death of King Edward?

4. Why does Mary invite Elizabeth to return to court in Spring 1555?

5. Who does Mary decide to marry? What are Mary's feelings about marriage?

6. Where does the Duke of Northumberland send Hannah in Spring 1553? How does Hannah feel about her assignment?

7. How did Hannah come to be employed in the home of the Dudley family?

8. Why does Hannah return to serve Elizabeth after agreeing to go to France?

9. What was the goal of the rebel army that advanced to London in winter 1553?

10. How did Hannah's father keep her safe after they fled from Spain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of marriage and children in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who does Hannah marry? Is her marriage a happy one? What obstacles does Hannah face in her marriage? Who is Danny? Who does Mary marry? Why does England object to this marriage? Is Mary's marriage a happy one? How does Mary's struggle to have a child affect her and her marriage?

Essay Topic 2

What are the different roles of the English monarchy during the Tudor Era? What titles do Elizabeth and Mary hold during the novel? What title do they both covet? How does Elizabeth try to steal Mary's title away from her?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of inaccuracies in the novel when one looks at how history actually happened. Why might Gregory have chosen to change a few of the elements of the story? Does this benefit the novel?

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